- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management - Income
- Address
- 120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400 Wheaton IL United States of America 60187
- IPO Date
- Aug 23, 2013
- Business
- First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF (FID) is an exchange-traded fund that seeks investment results corresponding generally to the price and yield, before fees and expenses, of the S&P International Dividend Aristocrats Index; the index tracks the performance of high-dividend-yielding companies from developed and emerging markets outside the United States that have followed a managed-dividends policy of consistently increasing or maintaining dividends for at least 10 consecutive years, with up to 100 constituents selected and weighted based on dividend levels, payout ratios, and long-term growth screens. The fund holds a diversified portfolio of approximately 75 to 82 equity securities spanning sectors such as financial services (approximately 25%), utilities (21%), real estate (14%), communication services (11%), and industrials (9%), with top holdings including APA Group (utilities, Australia), LG Uplus Corp (communication services, South Korea), EDP SA (utilities, Portugal), Sino Land Co Ltd (real estate, Hong Kong), and Henderson Land Development Co Ltd (real estate, Hong Kong); geographic exposure emphasizes Canada (25%), the Eurozone (19%), Japan (13%), developed Asia (13%), and emerging Asia (10%), alongside other regions. Managed by First Trust Advisors L.P. since its inception on August 22, 2013, the fund trades on the Nasdaq under the ticker FID, with assets under management of approximately $120 million, a net expense ratio of 0.60%, quarterly distributions, and a portfolio turnover rate around 57%. Headquartered in Wheaton, Illinois, First Trust Advisors L.P. serves as investment adviser, with The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation acting as administrator and custodian, and First Trust Portfolios L.P. as distributor. In August 2018, the fund underwent a significant strategic shift by changing its underlying index from the NASDAQ International Multi-Asset Diversified Income Index to the S&P International Dividend Aristocrats Index, enhancing its focus on pure international dividend aristocrats and impacting historical performance comparability thereafter; no major acquisitions, funding rounds, partnerships, new product launches, or operational reorganizations for FID have been reported in the last 1-2 years as of late 2025.